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Rollover Recommendations: PTE 2020-02 Compliance Considerations Following the DOL Fiduciary Rule Stay

The effective date of the DOL’s new expansive fiduciary rule and the amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2020-02 has been stayed pending the outcome of the lawsuits challenging the rule and the amended PTE....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (46): The Regulation and Exemptions are Stayed—What Remains? (6)

The stay of the effective dates of the amended fiduciary regulation and amended exemptions means that the “old” DOL fiduciary regulation (the 5-part test) and the existing exemptions continue in effect indefinitely. As a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (45): The Regulation and Exemptions are Stayed (5)—What Remains?

The stay of the effective dates of the amended fiduciary regulation and amended exemptions means that the “old” fiduciary regulation (the 5-part test) and the amended exemptions continue in effect indefinitely. As a result,...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (43): The Regulation and Exemptions are Stayed (3)—What Remains?

The DOL’s fiduciary regulation was scheduled to become effective this September 23. The exemptions were scheduled to become partially effective this September 23 and fully effective September 23, 2025....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (42):The Regulation and Exemptions are Stayed (2)—What Remains?

The DOL’s fiduciary regulation was scheduled to become effective this September 23. The exemptions were scheduled to become partially effective this September 23 and fully effective September 23, 2025....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (41):The Regulation and Exemptions are Stayed

The DOL’s fiduciary regulation was scheduled to become effective this September 23. The exemptions were scheduled to become partially effective this September 23 and fully effective September 23, 2025....more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (40): Rollovers and the Insurance License Issue

The Department of Labor’s final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors will be effective this September 23. Where a fiduciary recommendation results in additional compensation for...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (36): Confusion about Annual Retrospective Reviews

The Department of Labor has issued its final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors and the related exemptions for prohibited conflicts—PTE 2020-02 and 84-24. The exemptions provide...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (35): The Education Exception

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors is effective on September 23, 2024. The related exemptions—PTE 2020-02 and 84-24—are partially effective...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (31):The DOL’s Final Fiduciary Definition Compared to the Proposal

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor published its final regulation on defining fiduciary status for investment advice, and the related exemptions, in the Federal Register. The exemptions provide relief from prohibited...more

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Proposed Changes to PTE 2020-02 that Impact Broker-Dealers

The DOL has proposed amendments to its regulation defining fiduciary advice so that, in most cases, a single recommendation to a retirement investor will be a fiduciary act.  In addition, the DOL has proposed amendments to ...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (27): Changes to PTE 2020-02 (2): Affecting Financial Institutions

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (26): Changes to PTE 2020-02 (1): Affecting the Advisor

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (24): The DOL Fiduciary Rule Requires a Recommendation. What is That?

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (21): Requirement to Correct Failures with PTE Conditions (Part 3)

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to retirement plans,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (17): Permissible Compensation under PTE 84-24

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to retirement plans,...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (15): Reasonable Costs and Reasonable Compensation

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to retirement plans,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (14): The Timeline for the Final Regulation and Exemptions

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to retirement plans,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (13): Advisors and Agents with Restricted Investment Menus (Part 2)

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to retirement plans,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (11): What is An Investment? (Part 3)

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining nondiscretionary fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (9): What is An Investment? (Part 1)

The US Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining nondiscretionary fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (6): The Fiduciary Definition of Fiduciary

The US Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment advice to plans, participants (including...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (4): A Relationship of Trust and Confidence

The Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary “package” includes a new definition of nondiscretionary fiduciary investment advice. In overturning the Obama-era fiduciary regulation, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said...more

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DOL Issues Proposed Amendment to Investment Advice Fiduciary Regulation

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On October 31, 2023, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a much-anticipated proposal to amend its 1975 “investment advice fiduciary” regulation, which defines when a person who provides investment advice for a fee or other...more

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The New Fiduciary Rule (2): The Impact

The US Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment advice to plans, participants (including...more

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